Blackboard Tree vs Cortez Hagfish

Alstonia scholaris compared with Eptatretus sinus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Cortez Hagfish
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Myxini (Myxini)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Myxiniformes (Myxiniformes)
Family	Apocynaceae	Myxinidae
Genus	Alstonia	Eptatretus
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Eptatretus sinus

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Cortez Hagfish

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Cortez Hagfish
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Cortez Hagfish

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.